Bouquet-holder



A. L MARSTON.

(No Model.)

BOUQUET HOLDER.

No. 522,910. Patented July 10, 1894.

UNITED STATES- ;PATENT CFFICE.

ABBIE L. MARSTON, or BEDFORD, LOUISIANA.

BOUQUET-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 522,910, dated July 10,1894.

Application filed February 10,1894. Serial No. 499,791. (No model-l ToaZ Z whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ABBIE LOUISA MARSTON,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Bedford, in the parish ofRed River and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bouquet-Holders, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact descr ption, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved holder for bouquets and thelike,whereby the bouquet 1s lrept in a moist and fresh condition, andwhich can be conveniently carried in the hand or attached to the personwithout injury to the same, and it consists essentially of a suitableholder or receptacle for containing the bouquet, a short rubber tube orcollar which fits into the mouth of the holder and surrounds the stemsof the flowers of the bouquet, and a cap which is tapered at its upperend and adapted to screw onto the holder or receptacle over the upperend of the rubber tube or collar for tightly compressing the same aroundthe flower stems.

Referring to the drawings:-Figure 1 is a vertical section of the device.Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view showing all the parts of the deviceseparated.

In the said drawings:--1 represents the holder or receptacle constructedof any suitable material such as glass, porcelain or metal, and adaptedto contain water and the stem of the bouquet.

2 is a flange or rib formed around the upper end of the holder to whichthe pin 3 is secured for attaching the device to the apparel of thewearer. This pin may be dispensed with when it is desired to carry thebouquet in the hand.

4 represents an external screw-thread which is formed on the upper endof the holder 1 and on which the cap 6 fits.

13 represents a rubber gasket which fits out the mouth of the receptaclebetween the flange 2 and the cap 6, to form a water'tight joint at thispoint.

5 represents the short rubber tube or collar which fits into the upperend of the holder 1, and over which the cap 6 fits. The wall of theshort rubber tube or collar 5 is formed thinner at its lower end whichenters the upper end of the holder 1, and it increases orbecomes-thicker at its upper end which surrounds the bouquet stem, andwhich is compressed by the cap 6 as seen in Fig. 1.

8 represents V-shaped cuts which are made in the upper end of the rubbertube or collar, to form the lips 9. The object in forming this tube orcollarin this manner, is that when the cap 6 is screwed onto the holder1, these lips are compressed by the tapered portion 10 of the cap andthereby made to fit tightly around the stem of the bouquet to hold it inthe holder, and also to prevent the water from leaking out of the same.

11 represents an interior screw thread formed on the cap 6 which adaptsit to screw onto the thread i of the holder 1, to hold all of the partsin their proper position.

12 represents an inwardly extending flange on the cap 6 which aids informing the watertight joint at the point where the lips 9 arecompressed by the cap 6.

By the above construction it will be seen that an efficient and simpledevice is produced that can be easily handled for keeping bouquets orflowers in a fresh condition while being worn or carried by apersonwithout injuring the apparel or soiling the hands.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim anddesire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In abouquetholder, the combination of a 1 over the upper end of saidtube or collar and 9 on said receptacle,substantially as shown anddescribed.

3. In a bouquet holder, the combination of a suitable receptacle, arubber tube or collar formed with lips and adapted to fit into said [0bottom and which fits into the upper end of said receptacle or holder,and a cap formed with a tapered upper end and an inwardly extendingflange on said tapered end, fitting over the upper end of the rubbertube or collar and on the receptacle, substantially as shown 15 anddescribed.

' ABBIE L. MARSTON.

Witnesses:

HENRY MARSTON, J W. MARSTON.

